PUSH 2 - Learn It In 20 Minutes!
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
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Have you seen things and wondered what it does/can do?
Are you a new owner of a push 2 and don't know where to start?
Give me 20 minutes and you'll be a Push 2 pro.
This is a full tutorial on Ableton Push 2, with a walkthrough of all its key features. In this video I'll explain how to use the step/harmonic sequencer, looping, creating samples, the interface, push 2 workflows, how to navigate different views, add instruments/effects, program drums, quantize, fixed-length, performance, and much more!
- Video Content -
0:00 Intro
1:15 - Modes + Display
2:05 - Mix View
2:31 - Device View
3:18 - Clip View
3:56 - Browse View
4:21 - Navigation Arrows
5:12 - Repeat + Accent
7:13 - Scale
8:12 - Scale Layout
9:14 - Layout
13:36 - Note + Session View
15:39 - Tempo + Metronome
16:15 - Functions + Editing
17:18 - Fixed Length
17:53 - Automate
18:14 - Record + Play
18:49 - Quantize
19:26 - Duplicate
19:53 - Add Device + Add Track
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Hey man, long time since this was posted but I am considering getting the Push 2 and i wondered if you could answer a couple of amateur questions for me.
1. Does it have to be connected to Ableton and if so does it need to be the fully paid licensed ableton?
2. I want use this primarily to create a live element to my DJ sets - do you think this is a good tool?
Bro, this is the Push 2 video I’ve been looking for, for like 4 years! Thanks!!
Thank you so much for the compliment, truly means the world. I'm glad to help :)
I'm gonna get one towards the end of this year , I watched Demetrius loizos and the short track he maid was incredibly. I have been playing guitar almost 2 year I'm 63 yrs and have all day.
Hands-down the best Push 2 tutorial out there. I've seen them all. Excellent work, sir.
Endless thanks for the kind words! So glad you found it useful
I totally agree!
I also learned that I don’t have to buy any stand for it, because I have same notebook stand from ikea! Sorry for bad English )
Last week I was just curious about the Push, didn’t even know what it was, decided to look it up. Saw a few vids then I saw this video. Super intrigued. Once all of the pads combined to turn into 1 snare head my mind was absolutely freaking blown.
The next day I had a Push 2 in my hands😂.
Today I finally actually played it and I can honestly say I’ve never felt so much joy and freedom using any musical device/instrument before.
I have a push 2 and I have had it for a while now but never learned how to use it. This video is helpful. I want to start using it so I can create better music.
Glad it was helpful! It’s an amazing tool for music making
After years of trying and giving up I think I found the golden 🔑 thank for this. Sad part I been looking and never found this video until today.
Glad to hear the video was an "unlock" for you :)
Oh My, you made me love my brand new Push2 even before unwrapping it! Thanks a lot bro!
My pleasure! Enjoy the push 2 :)
I must admit I'm impressed. I became a bit overwhelmed when I saw these 5-6 hour length tutorials. I've had a Push 2 for over 12 months now and I think I've used it like 5 times because I didn't understand the features. This video is quick, easy to understand and I'm enjoying my day toying with this! Thank you!
Same with me but had mine for years I played with it a lot but never really knew what I was doing I put it to the side. I alway. Knew the power it had just couldn’t crack it.
Nice! I'm so glad it helped you wrap your mind around it :)
Wow! Just moved to ableton live 11 from Logic Pro two days ago. Was extremely intimidated by the process. I'm a singer songwriter and I do live streaming on twitch, showcasing originals that I've produced. (I'm not a professional producer, am definitely taught). Anyway, found a new (used) push 2 and I can't tell you how informative I found your video. Not just informative but CLEAR to understand too. I've subscribed and will be watching your ableton tutorial. I'm inspired. Thanks!
Thank you Alex! Amazing presentation :)
This is an amazing step-by-step guide on the push. After researching many other sources, I feel more empowered and less intimated to use it!! Thanks a ton!
You simply are THE BEST on the internet. Im an older cat... bassist/Chapman Stick player used to plug and play... its been slow going to learn Abelton and having found your channel has been a God Send!!!! Thank you!
You actually give great lessons. Whenever I achieve anything from watching vids on youtube it means the videos I watched were quality
Thanks for this, it helps a lot. 👍
hadn't touched my push 2 in years! thank you so much for making this. Got me back on track! (no pun intended)
"Finally we have browse menu, next we have the browse menu" 😄 Na, just teasin'. I know this is two years old, but I really felt like I wasn't getting enough out of my Push 2, and sure enough, I wasn't! This is great to learn things like holding down the quantize button for more controls. I've gone from my templates having "input quantize" on to using this! Thanks for the hard work!
Hehe, indeed this was in my earlier YT editing days - although I wouldn’t be surprised if I still do that lol. Glad the video was helpful!
The best explanation on how to use this sound machine that I have come across on YT. Thanks.
Awesome tutorial! Thank you!
Happy to help!
Literally saving this to my Notion! 🙌🏾
Great Tutorial!
Super helpful, thanks a ton!
It's my pleasure! I'm glad it was useful :)
Thanks for the quick guide!
I've dived in head-first and bought this along with Ableton while not having a clue how to use them! 🙃
I'll be giving your other videos a watch..
Liked and subbed! 👌
Awesome tutorial ! Subscribed.
I loved your video. Got the Push2 for quite a while now but videos like this help me to start use it more and more!
Liked and subbed!
Great job
I've been looking for something like this for some time to help me decide whether to get one. Amazing, great work, thanks
I'm glad it was useful, it was my pleasure!
Great job! Really great video! Thanks!
My pleasure! Glad it was helpful
Thank you very much Alex 🙂 very helpful.
Appreciated this!
This video is soooo helpful! I am just starting with Ableton push 2, so thank you so much! 😊
Happy to help!
Really dig your style and clarity of explaining things bro. Super helpful!
Happy to help! Thanks for the kind words :)
solid rundown mate!
Great tut! Thx!
AWSOME Thank you
thank you!!
Thank you so much for this ! The best
It's my pleasure!
Just got a used Push 2 and your Video is super helpful. Thanks man! :)
this was the best tutorial beginner video i have seen so far for push 2 thanks for your input you rock!!!
Awesome, thank you!
Learned a lot. Thank you
My pleasure! Glad it helped
warup! so i just bought my push2 4 days ago, and was waiting that work flows down to have like a whole night to explore, bumped into this video so i could learn on first of sight of it after i've plugged in it and play, and atm i'm fully packed to connect her and go into her world. thanks a lot
Glad to help! Have fun :)
Thank you for the lesson! On the fence with getting a push 2. I want to make music with guitar. Would love to know how to loop and make backing tracks.
Excellent Brother!!!! I had been slacking a bit ~
Endless thanks! I'm glad it was useful
I’ve been wanting this for some years now along with Komplet Kontrol 88 and sometimes use both gear with LPX
Great video Meta Mind 👍🙌 your tutorial helped to influence my decision to get the Push 2 now. I can't wait for the Push 3 😂
Great tutorial ! thx a lot ;)
THNKS A MILLION for your help I really appreciated that ❤ god bless play 😊❤😁
I just discovered your channel looking for content on M4L Seeds and I'm very impressed. You are producing some very high quality content.
oh my god thanks UA-cam and hello again Alex! Hi from MMYL community
Nice tutorial. Push2 changes my music creation process. ps slice and dice using push2 is amazing.
Same here, after the guitar it’s my favourite instrument
Super helpful video. Thanks for putting it together. I have a Push 2, and am just getting started with production, so I'll def check out your workflow roadmap. :)
Happy to help! Definitely let me know what you think of Workflow Wizardry
Thank you very much!
My pleasure!
Best break down I’ve seen.
Endless thanks! I'm glad it was useful
excellent tutorial!
Glad it was helpful!
BROOO thankyou so much, this really helped and the tutorial was really easy to use as well :)
Glad it helped!
Best Vid I've seen on the subject. Cheers!
Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad it was helpful :)
Meta Mind this was Mega Useful!
So glad it was useful :)
Very nice vdo 🙏❤
You sir, just made me bought Push 2! Kudos!
Rock on! \m/ it's such an amazing instrument
Got this Push2 thing and it seems overwhelming, after this video I have a better understanding of how it works but I will need to play with it as apposed to using the mouse exclusively while also learning Abelton. Thank you for the video because I really want to use it since I have it.
Glad the video was helpful :) let me know if you have any more questions that come up as you keep using it!
baby steps
Very intuitive lesson my friend been thinking of getting the Push 2, at present I'm using Launchpad Pro. Nice piece of kit it really is. Thanks for the good advice top job👍😀
Push 2 is definitely a power house. Glad the video was helpful :)
Great video, just subscribed! 😁
Endless thanks! So glad it was helpful :)
thanks dude!
Happy to help!
Thank u so much
Most welcome 😊
merci beaucoup a toi :))
Mon plaisir :)
THANK U!!!
My pleasure!
Great video:_) Do the features for synth control work the same across both native Ableton synths and third party plug-ins?
Good stuff
Glad it was helpful :)
gracias capo, mucha ayuda
Denada!
Thx a lot
My pleasure :)
Great tutorial! Can we change groove and/or groove settings from push 2?
Awesome program
Glad you liked it!
Push 2 is a fantastic piece of hardware!!
1000%
TankYou!!!!
My pleasure!
13:16 Mind blown! Is there any trick behind setting this up? Or just is it just 64 cells of the same sample?
Following this in hopes for a response
I have been using Ableton Suite version before Push, and I'm currently on 11. To me Push is just an advance Midi Controller for Ableton Live. We are in the age of an onboard sound processing machines. I'm thinking of investing on SP404 SX or Electron Analog samplers to route out my sound to have that analog feel. These companies must design machines/midi with onboard effects processing.
Yep 100% push 2 is just a midi controller when you boil it down, however, it's really advanced (since much of Ableton is MIDI controllable).
What do you feel is the big discerning difference between onboard processing and using Ableton/plugins for effects? I'd love to hear your thoughts
I personally use it for the ease of workflow and being more hands-on, plus it's a really unique instrument in its own right!
Cool video. Question: why do some synths or piano tracks sound so quiet or quieter on lower octaves…and some synths have a volume parameter and others don’t? Is there a way to fix/ help that ?
Thanks! I think it's the nature of having different devices/effect chains for each instrument. Some will have more low end information, some will be more velocity sensitive, some will have unique parameters you can control.
If a synth doesn't have a volume control built in you could create one pretty easy by creating an instrument rack with Utility and mapping the volume control to a macro!
I will likely be getting a Push
I do have some hard synths.
Using PC
Have a small keystep.
So I've looked into an Oxygen, Launchkey, and some Arturia stuff, but don't know if I will need all those options if I have a Push.
I like the keystep pro for controlling hard synths and it's got 4 tracks, however maybe that just needs to be a separate setup.
Should I just get a nicer 49 or so midi keyboard without all the pads and such? Considering I will have a Push?
Is it redundant to have a full featured midi keyboard along side the Push
Should I get a fully featured midi keyboard and hold off on the Push?
Certainly want something that works good in Ableton because I'm still learning it.
I'm worried about these keyboards, some say pitch wheels not accurate, some say faders are horrible and so on....
Some have endless knobs, some don't, is that a major flaw?
With a regular midi keyboard and a Push, what do you do about faders?
So yeah I gotta upgrade from lite to suite, but need to know where to put my money
Suite first, or Suite with Push package, or wait for possible Push 3, or fully functional keyboard now and Suite?
Maybe a cool hard synth keyboard that also has midi, or with that take me away from nice integration with Ableton?
If i do get full function midi keyboard i can pry go up to 500 bucks, but if the ones like oxygen are good, then fine, I just don't want crummy stuff, but I'm also not a baller.
Any help thanks....
Had the push 1 for a bit. Really want the 2
The Push 2 is amazing! But it would of never happened without the original
I'll sell you mine
Push2 or intro with sp404mkii? What gear should I start out with? I would really appreciate the advice, thanks in advance!
I think it really depends on what you're hoping to use these tools for and get out of them. They have some overlap but are REALLY different devices. Both of them are endless universes to explore, i'd encourage you to pick 1 and learn it really well!
Hi Jon here. I was wondering how you changed the color on your mixer meter to change color.on the Push 2
What preset/sample were you on for the hand drum thing with all 64 pads triggering the same sample?
Heyo! I'm pretty sure I was using something called "64 Pan Finger Snare" from Ableton's drum racks. If you give a search for "64 pad" in the browser a few should pop up for you!
So, I’m new to this, should I get soMething like this Or à midi keyboard like the Arturia keylab? They keyboards seem easier?
Thumbs up for the ikea stand :p
Could you explain how did you accessed this mode at 13:08 ? When I press Session and have sample loaded I can't play the sound, only loop it.
Heyo! The mode I'm in at the timestamp you shared is the 64 pad layout within node mode. I loaded a stock Ableton 64 pad drum kit, so there's samples mapped to all 64 pads.
To get to 64 pay layout on the push:
1. Make sure you have a drum rack loaded on a midi channel
2. Hit the "note" button on the push 2
3. hit the "layout" button on the push 2 and toggle until you find the 64 pad layout
Keep in mind if you'll only see as many pads as the number of differnt samples you have loaded within the cells of the drum rack in 64 pad mode.
Hope that helps!
@@metamindmusicofficial many thanks for the tip, but it doesnt work. 1) I dragged drum kit over the mixi channel 2) pressed note button 3) pressed layout button till I found 64 pad layout - problem is that every pad play different sample, and I can't choose which one to assign to play only one sample across all pads. Can you advice please ?
21:01 how do I add new midi or audio with out replacing the current one?
GOOD vid. Hey do you know why my Push 2 would be automatically arming or soft arming really any channel I have selected? it makes it annoying to be duplicating clips from session mode.
EDIT never mind it was the stupid CrossFire script from isotonik young it automatically. I just removed it from the MIDI prefs.
can i get the name of the preset from the 64 pad drum . i cant find it in ableton
Put this video in 2x speed and actually learnt it in 10 😎
Legendary my friend!\
Can you change any instrument to chromatic mode? if so, how?
Thanks man! I owe you a beer.
It's my pleasure!
Anyone know how to create a MIDI "Fade Out" button for all tracks via the Push 2?
I just bought a Push 2..i plug everything in and all i get is a bunch of flashing lites from the pads..all other nobs & buttons dont even lite up..could it be because I dont have toe original power supply & the usb cable?
I notice you placed it on the same IKEA laptop stand as I placed mine xD
You explain like a teacher should - agree with all the others - the workflow link doesn't open. Help?
wow you ve got the exact plastic stand as I have .
Haha nice! I think I got both of them at random thrift stores. #lifehacks
Can anyone explain to me what he means here 9:00 as much as I try I don't understand it, I mean, the distribution of the notes.
Heyo! Let me try to clarify how the notes are laid out on the push.
So when all the pads are lit up (like in the video) then you are in scale mode. This means all the pads will only represent the notes of whatever scale you have chosen. Since most scales have 7 notes here's the typical lat out you'll see:
Horizontally
[1] = Your root note
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [1]
Vertically
[7] [1]
[4] [5] [6]
[1] [2] [3]
Every row on the push is tuned in 4ths (like the strings on a bass, or the top 4 of a guitar).
Hope that helps!
@@metamindmusicofficial Thank you! 🙏🏼
having to choose a scale is such a flow breaker for me i suddenly realize, i hate it. i just like to play i dont care about designations. or those 4 button pushes and the consideration. also i typically move between scales. trying to figure a out how to deal with this. maybe just always leave it in one scale
I typically keep my Push2 on C Major and play my chords and melody lines in chromatic mode. Then it's like playing a piano (white keys and black keys) on. guitar neck (multiple strings tunes in 4ths). Then you can use the scale feature to learn new scales or get super experimental and trigger scale mode changed with different clips :)
Can you solo 2 stems using the push 2 ? If So how?
In mix mode, I'm pretty sure you can hold solo and tap the tracks you want to solo together.
@@metamindmusicofficial ok thanks , will try it out!
Excellent tutorial, thank you. Let me send you a microfiber towel to clean your Push ;-)